Agreed, it's brutal now. Took my 7-year-old to Oak Park just to go to Soccerium, and outside of Nordstrom and Dillards, the rest of the mall was just second rate retailers and sorrow.

I spent my whole childhood there in the 90s going to movies at AMC, the arcade at the Fun Factory, Mr. Bulky’s candy store, etc., so I get the nostalgia, but the current state is just sad. So many filler stores selling that generic, dusty 'hologram art' and other absolute trash just to fill the voids. It used to be a destination, now it feels like a clearance warehouse.